Overview: Five Browser Comparisons For Speed And Memory Usage (1/2)

[muzicdejay]

cool vid dude, thanks for takin the time out to do this!

[gregoryopera]

Of course the browser is going to run faster in "safe" mode - you've effectively disabled virtually all of Firefox's "unique" functionality (ie. the functionality that sets it apart from other browsers) - I GUARANTEE you that if you were to do the same thing in ANY of the other browsers, you would also notice a significant improvement in speed (hell, even Microsoft Windows: Vista will run at nearly three times its normal speed in "safe" mode...)!

[sephuroth1]

No, I disagree. With tweaks and the right add-ons it could blow the others away.

[gregoryopera]

I find it extremely difficult to believe that the DEFAULT extensions (the only one of which is "TalkBack", I believe) would make Firefox any faster...

Besides, there are tweaks you can make to ALL of the mainstream browsers that will increase the speed, some more so than others, but they all have "speed" tricks!

Therefore, those results are not accurate because Firefox is not running in "normal" mode with its DEFAULT extensions, none of which will increase the speed at which pages load...

[gregoryopera]

When you start adding "tweaks" and extensions in the mix, well then I have no doubt that Firefox would win be a mile...

But then you would need to "tweak" all of the mainstream browsers and have a video comparison on THAT instead.

[gregoryopera]

Mozilla's Firefox is (according to your "accurate" timings) the fastest browser of those reviewed... But you have it running in "safe" mode!

[bohlal]

nice Overview 5 of 5 stars